In previous lessons we learned how to count tuplets. This lesson will show you how to count nested tuplets. Nested tuplets are tuplets that occur inside of another tuplet: Counting Tuplets Nested in Triplets To help us count a nested tuplet, we start with finding the note for the beats Read more…
In this lesson we will look at some uncommon time signatures and how to count them. These time signatures appear mostly in music written after 1900. Irregular Time Signatures Irregular time signatures can be emphasized in different ways unlike simple time or compound time signatures. In 3/4 time, the first Read more…
In this lesson we will learn how to count polyrhythms and tuplets. Tuplets groups of notes that won’t fit within a normal beat division. Polyrhythms are unusual rhythms that cannot be counted by simply dividing the beat by counting 1 +, or 1 e + a. In this lesson we Read more…
In a previous lesson we learned how to count 8th, 16th, and 32nd note triplets. In this lesson, we will learn how to count 64 note, quarter note, and half note triplets. Quarter Note Triplets A triplet of one type of note has the same duration of 2 of the Read more…
In a previous lesson we learned about two compound time signatures: 6/8 and 9/8. This lesson will show you how to count rhythm in more types of compound time signatures. Remember that in compound time signatures, the top number is a multiple of 3 and the emphasis is on every Read more…
Up to this lesson, we have counted dotted notes, and notes as short as 32nd notes. This lesson will teach you how to count dotted whole notes, triple dotted notes, and notes shorter than 32nd notes. Double and Dotted Whole Notes The first note in this example is a double Read more…
In a previous lesson we learned how to count the simple time signatures of 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4. In this lesson we will learn more ways to notate time signatures, and learn to count time signatures that don’t use a quarter note as the beat. Common Time Common time is Read more…
In the last lesson we learned about compound time and looked at two compound time signatures. In this lesson, we will look at more rhythms that occur in compound time. Note Lengths in Compound Time These are the most common notes used in compound time. Remember that the 8th note Read more…
Thus far we have covered rhythm in time signatures with a 4 on the bottom. Now we will look at time signatures where an 8th note gets the beat. Up until now we have counted time signatures in simple time. Simple time means the top number is 2, 3 or Read more…
In this lesson we will learn how to count triplets using eighth notes, 16th notes, and 32nd notes. What are Triplets? Triplets are groups of 3 notes. They allow us to fit 3 notes in the time of 2. We will look the following triplets in this lesson: For 8th Read more…